The Bangor Police Department is seeking the help of the public in locating 15-year-old Devyn Austin. Credit: Courtesy of Bangor Police Department

A teenager from the Bangor area, who reportedly escaped police custody on Tuesday, has been found.

Devyn Austin, 15, was being held in the custody of another police department when she went missing at around 5:15 p.m. in Bangor, according to Detective Lt. Brad Beaulieu of the Bangor Police Department.

Austin was located in Bangor, police said Wednesday afternoon.

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Leela Stockley

Leela Stockley is an alumna of the University of Maine. She was raised in northern Maine, and loves her cat Wesley, her puppy Percy and staying active in the Maine outdoors.